I think I’m probably in the beginning stages of what will pass for my midlife crisis, and a big part of it seems to be taken up by nostalgia of the glorious era of media that existed between 1996 to 2001.

If you were around back then, you know that electronic music got positively huge, and for a teenager in that time period who enjoyed staying up late at night, you got your fix from MTV’s Amp, a late night celebration of electronica.

It’s hard to imagine a single CD full of as many great songs as the first MTV’s Amp compilation, which features this fantastic mix of “Are You There” by Josh Wink, which seems to be a condensed version of the “(95 Remix)” from the 2014 compilation.

Enjoy!

You may or may not have noticed that staires.org quietly switched away from Wordpress.

Why would you have noticed that? Perhaps you are very strange.

Either way, we’re back in action and after an extended break caused by Wordpress.com being very annoying (and expensive). Expect to see more posts, more frequently, and less extended breaks? We’ll see.

HEALTH has spent the past 20 years refining their sound and craft incredible soundscapes, this song now joining the ranks of, uh, industrial dance goth bangers. I’m just going to call them industrial dance goth, you can’t stop me.

Enjoy! I have nothing else to say but I did not want to just move all the current blog posts over without posting something new.